1、“Yes,” she replied, “I threw a stone at the mango tree.”They asked her, “Did you throw any stone at the king?” The womans face showed how _37_ she was, so the guard forcefully told her that she would be _38_. The woman was arrested and presented before the king. She trembled with fear and _39_ they
2、wouldnt kill her. After seeing the blood flow down the kings face, she became more upset and felt _40_.The king asked her very calmly, “Did you throw the stone at me?”She replied _41_, “My child has been hungry for two days. I was collecting _42_ for him but could not find any. I hope when I threw t
3、he stone at the tree, a mango would _43_ so that I could feed my son. However, by mistake the stone hit your forehead and that is my unknown mistake.”The woman bowed down before the king begging pardon for her mistake. The king understood the _44_ very clearly. He forgave her mistake and instead of
4、punishment he decided to give her money, food, and returned her _45_ to her home.1 A. calculation Brest Cresearch Dphoto2 A. monkey Bmango Cbranch Dstone3 A. walking Bshaking Cbleeding Dsmiling4 A. pain Bfailure Cexperiment Ddisease5 A. blaming Bbattling Cdiscussing Dsearching6 A. successfully Brece
5、ntly Cfrequently Dcuriously7 A. bored Bdisappointed Cterrified Damused8 A. protected Bcured Cchecked Dpunished9 A. found Bprayed Crealized Dbelieved10A. hopeless Bcareless Cuseless Drestless11A. laughing Bweeping C. shouting Dswinging12A. information Bjuice Cfood Dmoney13A. break Bfunction Cgrow Dfa
6、ll14A. determination Bappreciation Csuggestion Dsituation15A. unwillingly Bpersonally Csafely Dforcefully第二节 语法填空(共10小题,每题1.5分,满分15分)阅读下列短文,按照句子结构的语法性和上下文连贯的要求,在空格处填入一个适当的词或使用括号中所给词语的正确形式填空。In the toys section, I noticed a small boy of about five years old, pressing against his chest. He kept on tou
7、ching 16 hair of the doll and looked very sad. I wondered who he wanted to give the doll 17 . So I walked towards him and asked him all about it.“It is the doll that my sister loved most and wanted so much for this Christmas. She was so sure 18 Santa Claus would bring it to her.”I told him not to wo
8、rry. However, he 19 (reply) sadly, “No, Santa Claus cannot bring it to 20 she is now. Ill have to give the doll to my mother so that she can give it to her when she goes there.”His eyes were filled with 21 (sad) while saying this.“Recently, my sister 22 (go) to be with God. Daddy said that Mommy wil
9、l also join God very soon, so I think she can bring the doll with 23 to give it to my sister.”My heart almost stopped beating 24 (complete). The little boy looked up at me and said, “I told Daddy to tell Mommy not to go yet. I asked him to wait 25 I come back from the store.”第二部分 阅读(共两节,满分50分)第一节 阅读
10、理解(共20小题:每小题2分,满分40分)AWhen Boris left school,he could not find a job. He tried hard and pestered(纠缠) his relatives,but they had problems of their own. He answered advertisements until he could not afford to buy any more stamps. Boris grew annoyed,then depressed,then a little hardened. Still he went
11、on trying and still he failed. He began to think that he had no future at all.“Why dont you start your own business?” one of his uncles told him. “The world is a moneylocker. Youd better find a way of opening it.”“But what can I do? “Get out and have a look round,”advised his uncle in a vague sort o
12、f way. “See what peop1e want; then give it to them,and they will pay for it.”Boris began to cycle around the town and found a suitable piece of waste ground in the end. Then he set up his business as a cycle repairer. He worked hard,made friends with his customers and gradually managed to build up h
13、is goodwill and profit. A few months later,he found that he had more work than he could deal with by himself. He found a number of empty shops but they were all no good:in the wrong position,too expensive or with some other snag(障碍)But at long last,he managed to find an empty shop on a new estate wh
14、ere there were plenty of customers but no competition.Boris and his assistant taught themselves how to repair scooters and motorcycles. Slowly but surely the profits increased and the business developed. At last,Boris had managed to open the moneylocker and found bank notes and gold coins inside.26W
15、hich of the following would be the best title for the passage? AGoodwill Is the Key to Success.BThe World Is a Moneylocker.CNo Education,No Future.DDifficulty of Starting a Small Business.27.Which of the following best describes Borisjob hunting experience?ASurprising. BEncouraging.CBoring. DDisappo
16、inting.28.Boris starts his career by _.Acycling around the townBdeveloping a waste groundCrepairing cyclesDbuying empty shops29.Boris finally chose an empty shop on a new estate because _.Ait was not so expensiveBhe had a lot of old customers thereChe could make good use of his skills thereDthere we
17、re good opportunities there30.We can infer from the last paragraph that Boris _.Astill couldnt make good profitsBset off in a successful careerCfound a lot of gold coins by accidentDhad great difficulty running his businessBThis Valentines Day, millions of people will exchange heart-shaped gifts of
18、all kinds, from candy to cards. But did you know that the human heart does not actually look like the typical valentine shape?According to heart specialist Dr. Robert DiBianco, we can learn more about this important organ. “The human heart is about the size of a fist. Because the heart is a muscle w
19、ith lots of blood supplied to it, it looks red like meat,” he explained. “In people who are overweight, the heart looks yellow because it is covered with yellow fat.” In the United States, children are taught to place their hands over their hearts when pledging allegiance to the flag. Most people ha
20、ve heard that the heart is on the left side of the chest. In reality, the heart is in the middle of the chest, tucked snugly between the two lungs. And what does the heart actually do? DiBianco explained that the heart is a pump that pushes blood throughout the body by expanding and contracting. “Ea
21、ch living part of the body needs blood to live, and thats why its important for the blood to go to different parts of the body,” DiBianco said. When youre exercising, it takes your blood about ten seconds to get from your heart to your big toe and back, much quicker than usual. In fact, a kids heart
22、 has to push blood through about 60,000 miles (96,560 kilometers) of blood vessels, which is long enough to circle the Earth two and a half times! When the kid grows, his or her blood vessels grow, too. So all that pumping takes a lot of effort. To push blood, an average heart beats a hundred thousa
23、nd times a day. That means that in a lifetime, the average human heart will beat more than two and a half billion times. 31. If you are too heavy, your heart may _. A. be like the valentine shape B. look yellow with the fat C. change the color and the shape D. become much bigger than your fist 32. A
24、ccording to Dr. Robert DiBianco, the heart is usually _. A. on the left side of the chest B. on the right side of the chest C. in the middle of the chest D. under the two lungs 33. The underlined expression “expanding and contracting” in Paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _. A. giving and taking B
25、. beating and pausing C. becoming faster and slower D. getting bigger and smaller 34. What can we learn from Paragraph 6?A. Doing exercise will make blood flow faster. B. A kid has longer blood vessels than an adult. C. The more a heart beats, the healthier its owner will be. D. A heart pushes blood
26、 through about 60,000 miles in a lifetime. 35. What is the passage mainly about?A. Characteristics and functions of human heart. B. The hearts of different kinds of people. C. Suggestions on protecting our hearts. D. The misunderstandings on human heart.CA few days ago, I was sitting in a Thai resta
27、urant enjoying a meal when I got on a phone call from a friend I hadnt spoken to in a long time. In my enthusiasm and excitement, I talked quite louder than usual voice and in Spanish, my mother tongue. A few minutes into the call, an old lady sitting at the table beside mine got up, seemingly offen
28、ded, and asked the restaurant staff to relocate(重新安排) a table as far away as possible from this man who seemed to be impolite. I sank in my seat out of embarrassment. I ended the call soon afterwards and felt the urge to apologize. Before getting up, I looked around to see where she was and she was
29、at the table farthest away from me. I noticed that the lady was alone and staring out the window. I found a tinge (气息) of sadness or anxiety and perhaps a desire for aloneness and peace. But I had obviously destroyed it minutes earlier. Right then I abandoned my plan for a conventional apologetic gesture. Seeing those funny smile cards in my wallet, I took one out and wrote some words to express my apology. On signing my restaurant bill, I asked a waiter to secretly
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